2014 Roscommon County Council election
23 May 2014
All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 3 1
Seat change - -7 -
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 6
Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 26 seats at the 2009 election. County Roscommon was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, the town council of Boyle was abolished.

Fine Gael lost 7 seats, including a number of long-serving councillors; due to voter anger over continuous boil water notices and the closure of the Accident and Emergency Department at Roscommon University Hospital; the latter leading to a split in the party locally. Fianna Fáil and Independents performed well in the election with the former becoming the largest party in Roscommon for the first time since 1985.[1][2][3][4]

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 - 10,822 34.53
Fine Gael 3 -7 7,026 22.42
Sinn Féin 1 - 2,542 8.11
Independent 6 -1 10,361 33.06
Total 18 -8 30,751 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Athlone

Athlone: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Independent Tony Ward[*] 17.62 1,712        
Fianna Fáil Ivan Connaughton†††† 14.56 1,414        
Fine Gael John Naughten[*] 12.71 1,235 1,298 1,309 1,414  
Fianna Fáil John Keogh[*] 11.52 1,119 1,158 1,176 1,271 1,379
Independent Laurence Fallon 10.76 1,045 1,102 1,111 1,287 1,458
Fianna Fáil Paddy Kilduff[*]††† 10.13 984 1,026 1,034 1,111 1,183
Fine Gael Ollie Moore[*] 8.73 848 882 892 923 988
Sinn Féin David McWeeney 6.64 645 675 703 759  
Independent Anthony Geraghty 3.78 367 399 426    
Independent Peadar Doyle 2.11 205 217 237    
Independent Gordon Hudson 1.44 140 155 155    
Electorate: 14,519   Valid: 9,714 (66.91%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 9,823 (67.66%)  

    Boyle

    Boyle: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Fianna Fáil John Cummins[*] 13.16 1,513 1,535 1,582 1,628 1,643      
    Independent Valerie Byrne 11.71 1,347 1,442 1,461 1,578 1,619 1,777    
    Sinn Féin Patrick Michael Mulligan[*] 10.88 1,251 1,283 1,362 1,406 1,614 1,639 1,640 1,727
    Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy[*]† 9.99 1,149 1,163 1,178 1,289 1,310 1,381 1,406 1,463
    Fianna Fáil Rachel Doherty[*] 9.28 1,067 1,079 1,131 1,152 1,176 1,296 1,332 1,608
    Independent Tom Crosby[*] 9.23 1,062 1,107 1,112 1,144 1,161 1,207 1,230 1,268
    Fine Gael Maura Hopkins†† 7.30 840 867 916 1,039 1,287 1,400 1,413 1,729
    Fine Gael Charlie Hopkins 6.36 731 733 734 752 767 929 948  
    Fine Gael Gerry Garvey[*] 5.86 674 680 682 739 754 754    
    Fine Gael Liam Callaghan[*] 5.15 592 606 650          
    Labour Micheál Frain 5.10 587 606 652 696 696      
    Fianna Fáil Aidan Sampey 3.17 365 374 374          
    Independent Gertrude Drury-O'Beirne 1.58 182 182            
    Independent Anthony Brendan Coleman 1.22 140 140            
    Electorate: 17,647   Valid: 11,500 (65.17%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,643   Turnout: 11,632 (65.91%)  

      Roscommon

      Roscommon: 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Fianna Fáil Paschal Fitzmaurice[*] 15.03 1,576                
      Fianna Fáil Orla Leyden[*] 10.04 1,053 1,054 1,063 1,070 1,085 1,134 1,241 1,290 1,334
      Independent Kathleen Shanagher 9.17 962 965 966 973 992 1,022 1,211 1,314 1,345
      Independent Dominick Connolly[*] 9.12 957 959 964 983 1,010 1,128 1,295 1,376 1,443
      Fianna Fáil Larry Brennan 9.03 947 947 951 956 973 1,009 1,103 1,140 1,161
      Fine Gael Michael Creaton[*] 8.34 875 876 885 917 959 1,039 1,060 1,120 1,419
      Independent Nigel Dineen 7.58 795 803 822 869 993 1,044 1,113 1,322 1,487
      Fine Gael Michael McGreal[*] 7.23 758 758 762 830 863 892 905 943  
      Independent Paula McNamara[*] 6.59 691 693 694 705 727 762      
      Sinn Féin Séamus O'Brien 6.46 646 650 658 712 799 807 831    
      Fine Gael Seán Beirne[*] 4.51 473 474 474 478 481        
      Independent John Murphy[*] 3.75 393 397 409 449          
      Independent Padraig Morris 3.06 321 327 332            
      Independent Joe Malone 0.40 42                
      Electorate: 16,891   Valid: 10,633 (62.10%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,499   Turnout: 10,489 (62.95%)  

        Changes

        • † Boyle Fianna Fáil Councillor Eugene Murphy was elected to the 32nd Dáil for Roscommon–Galway at the Irish general election 2016. His brother, Joe, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016. Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
        • †† Boyle Fine Gel Councillor Maura Hopkins was elected to the 25th Seanad in April 2016. Liam Callaghan was co-opted to fill the vacancy in July 2016.
        • ††† Athlone Fianna Fáil Councillor Paddy Kilduff resigned from the party and became an Independent on 9 February 2018 citing disillusionment with how the party was run and how its members were treated.
        • †††† Athlone Fianna Fáil Councillor Ivan Connaughton resigned from the party and became an Independent on 3 January 2019. Archived 7 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine

        References

        1. ↑ McDonagh, Marese (17 May 2014). "Roscommon profile: Voters boiling angry over contaminated water". The Irish Times.
        2. ↑ McCaughey, Ciara (26 May 2014). "Roscommon Council results: Fine Gael vote implodes in the three electoral areas". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
        3. ↑ "Local Election: Roscommon County Council". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.
        4. ↑ "Roscommon Local Elections". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.
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